I am experiencing a variety of problems with my 2006 Saturn Ion. The power steering stopped working, the speedometer stopped working (it remains at 0 regardless of my speed), also the odometer doesn't seem to work either - my mileage does not increment when I drive. My car registers a diagnostic code of P0502: Vehicle speed sensor a circuit low input. I saw posts online in various forums from 2007 Saturn Ion owners who say that they received letters from GM in 2009 to have this problem fixed under warranty but why didn't I get a letter in 2009? GM and the NHTSA have apparently been aware of this and "watching" the problem for a couple of years now - it's GM's responsibility to fix this since they didn't forewarn me and encourage me to get this fixed back in 2009 when they knew enough to have 2007 Saturn Ion owners take their cars in to have this problem fixed.

- Milwaukee, WI, USA

At approximately 35,000 miles on approximately December 2, 2008, (this date is approximate as I don't have records of the first failure, GM would have records of the repair with exact date and mileage) while driving down the freeway at 70 mph on a slushy day, power steering failed. We were able to take the next exit and happened to be near a Saturn dealership. We stopped there immediately and the car was kept there while the steering column was replaced as warranty work. The car now has 105,000 miles on it this part with approximately 60,000 miles on it failed again and power steering was lost on October 21, 2010 while driving down a highway at 70 mph with my daughter in the car. We were able to pull the car over to the side of the road, shut it off and restart it which caused the power steering to return. We completed the trip with no more occurrences, but in driving in town, the powersteering has continued to fail. I have started riding the bus and don't feel it is safe to drive more than a few blocks at a time. I had received a letter indicating that if there were power steering issues we should contact the dealer. We did so and the GM dealer told us that our car does not have warranty work available and that they are unaware of any issues with steering on the Saturn Ion. We have contacted GM as well, but they have not responded.

- Eagan, MN, USA

I was driving down the express way, and my power steering warning light flashed across my mileage, and I lost all power steering. Very difficult to steer car. I get to work turn my car off. And when I leave work, I start my car and I have fully functional powersteering again. But now when I drive in the course of 2miles my power steering flashes the warning light and I loose all power steering. I can turn my car off and restart it and I once again have power steering. When I drive in a course of 15 miles my power steering fails and shut completely off about 15-20 times. This is very very dangerous and very inconvenient. I have a small child and this is going to cause me to have a wreck. And seriously injure myself or her.

- New Albany, IN, USA

My power steering began going out. At first, I would turn the car off, turn it back on and the steering would return for a day before going out again. After a couple of weeks of this, the power steering would last for half that time. After two weeks, power steering was on for a minute after I turned the car over, then out the rest of the day. It's been like that ever since.

- Rockport, TX, USA

At start of ignition, the letters: Pwr str, immediately flashes in oil life display. The steering wheel becomes stiff, thus resulting in really slow turns. It is not safe when turning onto streets where vehicles are traveling in the 45mph range due to increased neighborhood speeds set by city.

- Houston, TX, USA

As I was driving the vehicle approaching a red light the power steering message appeared on the dash and the power steering went out. After turning the car off at the stop light and restarting it the message went away and the steering was fine for few minutes before the process was repeated and now the power steering does not work.

- University Park, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that while driving mph and above, the power steering became very difficult. The failure recurred on an intermittent basis. The vehicle was not inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000. The VIN was unavailable.

- New Albany , IN, USA

The power steering on my 2006 Saturn Ion recently went out. I was driving at a low speed and suddenly the power steering light turned on and my steering locked up. I quickly drove it to a mechanic who said the power steering fuel was okay and that the problem was in the power steering system. I did research and found this is a common problem with this make of car and that no recall has been issued yet. I do not have the money to keep fixing all of these issues that are the manufacturer's fault. The problem has happened to thousands of cars and a recall must be issued. I am severely unsatisfied with Saturn and the thousands of dollars I have put into this car to fix problems that never seem to be solved. This is a dangerous failure that could have cost me my life.

- Seattle, WA, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Saturn Ion. While driving approximately 35 mph, the contact noticed that the steering had become stiff and difficult. The contact stopped the vehicle and after restarting, the power steering functioned resumed normally. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic where the mechanic advised that the steering column would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000.

- Sabina, OH, USA

Driving down the freeway the chime sounded and the "pwr str" message displays in the message center. The power steering no longer works. After muscling the vehicle home I parked it and started it the next morning and the vehicle was back to normal. Had an identical experience on the freeway a week later. The dealership doesn't believe me because it's back to normal when I take it to them.

- Harbor City, CA, USA

After being on the road in moderate city traffic on a clear day for approximately 5 minutes, I heard an audible alert then the visual alert "pwr str" appeared on the dashboard display, and I no longer had power steering. I continued my 35+ mile drive home, making one stop on the way. When I restarted the car after that stop, the power steering was once again working. The problem did not recur for several days, then happened again. For the past 25 days or so, the problem happens every time the car is running, sometimes happening after having traveled only 100 feet and sometimes not happening until well after that. This is a definite safety concern. In the event the steering failed while a corner was being negotiated, the outcome could be tragic.

- Grayling, MI, USA

Car was parked on a slight incline. Hand brake was on. Turned on ignition and engine started. Put right foot on brake and released hand brake. Placed car in reverse and began to lift foot off brake. Car began to roll backward, but when I applied pressure to the foot brake to slow the car I found that I had no power brakes and no power steering. It took a great deal of effort to stop the car from continuing to roll backwards. By now the engine had stopped running and several alert lamps were lit on the control panel. Over several days before this incident, I had noticed intermittent and momentary power steering failures when I was driving at slow speeds.

- Pawtucket, RI, USA

I was driving and going around a circle and all of sudden it was hard to steer, a chime and power steering light was on the dash, I pulled over into a parking lot. I turned engine off.opened the hood to check on serpentine belt if broken, but the belt was good. I started the engine and the power steering was working again, as if nothing happened.a week later it happened again, as I was driving straight, I pulled over turned engine off, restart again and the power steering working ok, I called the GM dealer service dept.and they said there is no recall or T.S.B. from GM.

- Bloomington, MN, USA

While driving southbound on highway 99, the power steering light came on and steering became tight and hard. After further research Saturn does know about this problem and has only issued a special policy and not a recall.

- Kingsburg, CA, USA

For the past 5 months, the Saturn Ion 3 power steering will intermitently go out. When I first start the car the power steering works fine, and then at any random time the car makes a ding, ding noise and then there is no power steering. If the car is shut off and turned back on the power steering is fine. Then a few miles down the road it turns off again, almost every day. This makes it very difficult to turn corners. The next problem is if it is damp or cold (below 60) in the morning at 8am the car will not turn over or start, until the sun comes out and warms up the car, by noon the car starts just fine. I can get it started if I place two warm blankets on the battery and motor and wait a few minutes, then the car will start. The drivers side windows have also stopped working.

- Lauderdale Lakes, FL, USA

This happened on my daughters 2006 Saturn Ion with less than 25,000 miles. She had been making a right hand turn in a double turn lane off an angulared intersection (about 60 degrees). She was in the outside lane with a semi-truck making the turn along side, left of her. She was going approx. 25 mph. When she lost the power steering and almost veered under the trailer. Thank god she didn't go under under it or she probably would have been killed. The eps has failed 4 times since. I see that GM has acknowledged this problem with their other models and posted recalls for them, but not for Saturn. 846 Saturn complaints to ODI and 3,489 reports to GM and no recalls!!! how many people have to report a crash or sadly enough, have to die, before something is done. I've been out of work for sometime and can not afford the reported $1,000 repair at a dealer that admits there is a problem. NHTSA and or GM, stand up for what is right and do something. Since when is the loss of steering not a major issue!!!

- Bedford Park , IL, USA

I am beginning to believe that the issue with the Saturn Ion is an electrical or computer based. I put in a complaint earlier about how the car shuts off in the middle of making turns. This morning as I went to work I was met with the automatic steering not working. At first I thought that maybe the emergency break was still up. I checked my steering fluid and it is full. I turned the car off and then on again and tried to move the wheel. No dice. I drove the car to work fighting with the steering all the way there. When I got to work I called for assistance to get my car to a shop. After making the arrangements, I went to try to straighten up the vehicle somewhat so that others could park beside me and so the towing company could get it out. To my amazement the car steering worked fine. There are several complaints on the web about this issue, the key getting stuck in the ignition, the key being removed from the ignition and the car engine continuing to run anyway, and the shutting off while going over tracks and making turns with the Saturn Ion 2004-2007. Please get GMC to fix these issues. What makes me really angry is that the company knows, they simply are avoiding fixing the problems and only Focus on the fuel pump problem. Somebody is going to get killed sooner or later btw the shutting off issue or the steering wheel issues. I hope you guys look into these issues and demand that GMC fixes them before then. Thanks.

- Riverdale, GA, USA

The contact owns a 2006 Saturn Ion. The contact stated that the steering wheel would intermittently seize while driving 30 mph and above. Whenever the failure recurred, the contact would stop the vehicle and shut it off. Upon restart, the vehicle would operate as normal. A power steering service light would also illuminate on the instrument panel during the failure and a warning bell would sound. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but the failure was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 104,000.

- Kaukauna, WI, USA

On Sunday, September 25th, 2011, I was driving on a familiar road in town when all of the warning lights on my vehicle suddenly illuminated and began blinking. The speedometer, fuel gage, temperature gage, and RPM indicator all went down to zero and the message center began saying "trac off" and "pwr str." As this happened, my power steering went out. I pulled over and turned my car off. My car would not turn back on. After about one minute, I was able to start my car again and resume driving as normal. This has happened on four other occasions since the first time, three days ago. The last time it happened I was going around a curve and I almost went into the ditch. In addition, it is also important to note that at 40,000 miles, the vehicle began having the same issue (message center occasionally flashing "trac off" and "pwr str", and the ABS and emergency break lights going on). The dealer found that the steering column was shorting out and had to replace the steering column in the vehicle. This leads me to believe that this is an electrical problem...

- Oskaloosa, IA, USA

While driving my 2006 Saturn Ion indicator chimed and pwr str light displayed. I lost steering control and almost wrecked. I pulled off the road killed the car upon restarting engine everything was fine. Five minutes into my trip problem happened again. Also, sometimes when I drive the car the passenger airbag is on at other times it turns off on it own. Both are these are very dangerous especially for me being a single mother.

- Sulphur Springs, TX, USA